You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
| You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | March 1976[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1975-11-26 | |||
| Venue | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 35:09 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Joe Walsh | |||
| Joe Walsh chronology | ||||
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You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind is a live solo album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in early 1976 as Walsh's last album for ABC Records. It was recorded live just before Walsh joined the Eagles. Three members of that group appear on the song "Help Me Through the Night".
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
Writing retrospectively for AllMusic, critic James Chrispell wrote of the album "Recorded live just before Joe Walsh joined up with the Eagles full-time... you've got one heck of a Joe Walsh concert souvenir."[2]
Release history
The album was reissued in 1979 by MCA Records. In 2011 the album was reissued in Japan in a miniature replica sleeve in the SHM-CD format.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Walk Away" | Joe Walsh | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Meadows" | Patrick Cullie, Walsh | 7:08 |
| 3. | "Rocky Mountain Way" | Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Walsh | 7:40 |
| 4. | "Time Out" | Terry Trebandt, Walsh | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Help Me Through the Night" (Features Glenn Frey, Don Felder and Don Henley on vocals) | Walsh | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Turn to Stone" | Trebandt, Walsh | 8:46 |
| Total length: | 35:09 | ||
Personnel
- Joe Walsh – guitars, vocals
- Jay Ferguson – keyboards
- Dave Mason – keyboards
- Don Felder – guitar, vocals (5)
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- Andy Newmark – drums
- Joe Vitale – drums
- Rocky Dzidzornu – percussion
- Glenn Frey – vocals (5)
- Don Henley – vocals (5)
Production
- Joe Walsh – producer
- Tom Flye – engineer
- John Stronach – mixing
- Alex Sadkin – mastering
- Jimmy Wachtel – art direction, design, group photography
- Amanda Flick – additional artwork
- Lorrie Sullivan – photography
- Irving Azoff – management
Charts
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 85 |
| US (Billboard 200) | 20 |
References
- ^ "You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind". Rate Your Music. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- ^ a b You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
- ^ "You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind [Cardboard Sleeve (Mini LP)] [SHM-CD] [Limited Release] Joe Walsh CD Album". CDJapan.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
